About

Founded by Lance Ledbetter in 1999, Dust-to-Digital is currently operated by Ledbetter and his wife April in Atlanta, Georgia. Dust-to-Digital’s mission remains the same as when it began: to produce high-quality, cultural artifacts.

“The rise of Dust-to-Digital has been perhaps the most important catalyst in exposing younger generations to traditional American folk music since Harry Smith’s ‘Anthology’.” — No Depression

“Gold-standard reissue label… Although the folklorists lugging around tape recorders (and the performers carrying on ancient traditions) are worthy of much heralding, it’s equally astounding how essential Lance Ledbetter’s work at Dust-to-Digital has been to the preservation of traditional American folksong. It’s easy to buy and appreciate these sets without realizing that the bulk of the material might have been lost — or, at the very least, tethered to archives, readily accessible only to curious faculty, paper-writing students, and bespectacled researchers — without Ledbetter’s interference.” — Pitchfork